The candidates who ran unopposed were all
unanimously
approved by show of hands.

For the Secretary position the elections were carried out with
secret ballot. All 48 delegates voted. The result was:

Koenraad Bracke 15 votes

Tono D. Putranto 32 votes

Invalid 1 vote

The newly elected Thematic Bureau members for the period 2016 –
2020:

Chairman : Peter Suhadolc (Slovenia)

Secretary : Tono D. Putranto
(Indonesia)

Bureau member (FIAP) : Chang-Han Kim (Republic of Korea)

Bureau member (FIAF) : Orlando Eloy Corres (Argentina)

Bureau member (FEPA) : -

4.
Short review of past activities

Peter Suhadolc shortly presented the Reports about past activities of the
Thematic Commission written by the former Chairman Jonas Hällström
for the period June 2012 to March 2014 and by the former Acting Chairman
Koenraad Bracke for the period April 2014 to October 2016. Both reports can be
found on the Commission website.

5. Roadmap for 2016-2020

Peter Suhadolc presented the main points that should be dealt with by the
new Bureau.

-
Support exhibiting through both education and training of
exhibitors, and quality judging at exhibits

-
Promotion of Thematic Philately Through Seminars and Workshops

-
Thematic Commission Website development

-
Continued information through Newsletters and TCNews

-
Revision of Guidelines with a new version that could be more
easily understood and with a simplified version for beginners

6. Thematic presentation by Peter Suhadolc with title "HOW TO PREPARE A THEMATIC
PHILATELY EXHIBIT, Some Guidelines"

The meeting was closed at 16:10 with thanks from the new Thematic Commission
Chairman Peter Suhadolc